We're still very excited about the now very imminent Doctor Who fiftieth anniversary, and we've started celebrating already! To help get listeners into a festive mood, we thought we'd provide an opportunity to hear the first episode of last month's well-received main range release, 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men, absolutely free!

If you remember the Sixties, they say, then you can’t have been there.

The Doctor remembers the Sixties. That’s why he’s taking Nyssa on a trip back to November 1963. Back to where it all began. Back to the birth of the biggest band in the history of British music. Back to see those cheeky lads from Liverpool...

Mark, James and Korky. The Common Men. The boys who made the Sixties swing with songs like Oh, Won’t You Please Love Me?, Just Count To Three and Who Is That Man.

The Doctor remembers the Sixties. And there’s something very wrong with the Sixties, if the Beatles no longer exist…

To hear the first episode of this story, starring Peter Davison as the Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Mitch Benn, David Dobson and Andrew Knott as The Common Men, download or stream the podcast now! And you can buy the complete story by heading here.